Noel Gallagher 'we don't rip off the Beatles' anymore

NOEL GALLAGHER has hit out at critics who have accused Oasis of ripping off The Beatles.

The songwriter said although as a big fan and has always been influenced by the iconic band, plagiarism is not his style.

Speaking to Radio 1's Colin Murray, he joked: "I'll lay it on the line for you. What I actually do is I sit and listen to Beatles' records and I play along with them and then I gradually take the most obvious components of their songs, take them out and just put some of my own words in and hey presto, we've got a song.
"Of course not! I don't sit and listen, play along with them them and go, 'This Guy's In Love With You by Burt Bacharach, call it The Sky's In Love With You. Who would know?'"

He went on to admit that the latest Oasis offering, Dig Out Your Soul, is a much better album than 2005's Don't Believe The Truth.

He said: "Don't Believe The Truth is a great collection of songs but it doesn't really hang together as an album.
"This is more like an album in the sense that Pink Floyd made albums. It probably won't have as many big singles on it as Don't Believe The Truth but that's not a bad thing."

He said he would like to see the band do some solo work at the end of this current tour.
"I'd like everyone to do something separately. I think it would be interesting for our fans.
"But I also think because we've ended up with this album at a place where we were working to for the last five years. It's kind of like, 'What do we do next?'.
"Liam's always the first person to start rushing things. I think if he wants to get back in the saddle that quick, he should do it for himself. He's got tonnes and tonnes of songs."

He also revealed that he has no recollection of recording Oasis's second album, 1995's (What's The Story?) Morning Glory.

He said: "None of us have any recollection of recording Morning Glory. I don't remember any of it.
"When we were coming up here Don't Look Back In Anger was on the radio. It only took 12 days to record so they're basically a bunch of demos.
"There was a massive fight in the middle of that so we had to abandon the studio for a few days.
"None of us had any cameras, no-one had any mobile phones, it hasn't been documented and there are no different versions."